arfon
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1 year ago If I have already deposited the code through such an outlet, would JOSS still consider publishing the software?
This isn't a blocker for JOSS, as long as the first paper is not about the software itself (i.e., avoiding potential dual/duplicate publications).
The use case for other people would be that they can easily re-create the database and link bibliometric records for their research. I am not aware of a similar package.
This is probably not in scope for JOSS but without reviewing a submission and the draft JOSS paper, it's hard to say for sure.
Dear Editors,
I have a code that does some data engineering: it tidies various bibliometric data sets (Microsoft Academic, ProQuest Disseration&Theses, and NSF grants), combines them into a relational database and generates new tables, and uses a linking algorithm (algorithm itself is not novel) to match records across the data sources. The code is not in a publishable state at the moment, but you find the repo here, and the main code here.
The use case for other people would be that they can easily re-create the database and link bibliometric records for their research. I am not aware of a similar package.
My coauthor and I plan to soon submit a paper to an economics journal that uses the code and data. Would you still consider the code for a publication in JOSS?
Moreover, some journals in economics have adopted the data and code availability standard. It means that all code -- from raw data to final analysis -- needs to be published upon acceptance of the paper, for instance on openicpsr.
If I have already deposited the code through such an outlet, would JOSS still consider publishing the software?
Thanks!